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virito-mem: document Sub Block Mode (SBM) 

Let's add some documentation for the current mode - Sub Block Mode (SBM) -
to prepare for a new mode - Big Block Mode (BBM).

Follow-up patches will properly factor out the existing Sub Block Mode
(SBM) and implement Big Block Mode (BBM).

Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201112133815.13332-18-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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David Hildenbrand 2020-11-12 14:38:03 +01:00 committed by Michael S. Tsirkin
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@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ static bool unplug_online = true;
module_param(unplug_online, bool, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(unplug_online, "Try to unplug online memory");
/*
* virtio-mem currently supports the following modes of operation:
*
* * Sub Block Mode (SBM): A Linux memory block spans 1..X subblocks (SB). The
* size of a Sub Block (SB) is determined based on the device block size, the
* pageblock size, and the maximum allocation granularity of the buddy.
* Subblocks within a Linux memory block might either be plugged or unplugged.
* Memory is added/removed to Linux MM in Linux memory block granularity.
*
* User space / core MM (auto onlining) is responsible for onlining added
* Linux memory blocks - and for selecting a zone. Linux Memory Blocks are
* always onlined separately, and all memory within a Linux memory block is
* onlined to the same zone - virtio-mem relies on this behavior.
*/
enum virtio_mem_mb_state {
/* Unplugged, not added to Linux. Can be reused later. */
VIRTIO_MEM_MB_STATE_UNUSED = 0,